Good Afternoon, Thank you for contacting Nanny’s For Granny’s and allowing me to introduce our agency. We are a Senior Companion Care Company specializing in Senior Care and providing qualified caregivers to families from Montauk to Manhattan, and including the 5 Boroughs and parts of Westchester. Our Caregivers are extremely sensitive caring individuals with all […]

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Have you noticed anything different about Mom or Dad lately? Does he pause for breath on the stairs when just yesterday, it seems, he would jog right up? Has driving with Mom become something you secretly dread? While we can’t make the hands of time stand still, there are measures we can take to help […]

Home Care For Senior Long Island NY New York Foundation for Senior Citizens is dedicated to helping New York’s seniors enjoy healthier, safer, more productive and dignified lives in their own homes and communities and to help them avoid the need for premature institutionalization. www.nyfsc.org The New York State Senior Citizen Resource Guide is a […]

Here are the major concerns that families face when parents start to age and how to prepare your family properly. Determining Where Your Parent Should Live Every family’s situation is different. Is your parent temporarily immobilized due to a fall or hospitalization, or is the condition one that will worsen over time, such as Alzheimer’s? […]

Posted By Nannys For Grannys. Providing Senior care throughout New York One very common problem associated with medication use among older adults and many people with disabilities is the use of multiple medications at one time, also referred to as “polypharmacy.” Research has shown that the more medications a person takes, the greater the risk […]

Posted By Nannys For Grannys Senior Companion Care From Montauk to Manhattan How a Pharmacist Can Help You Older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers may encounter challenges when taking medications. Resolving these problems can lead to much better results from medicines. Consumers and caregivers must alert their doctors and pharmacists to any difficulties they […]

Medications: A Double-Edged Sword Posted By Nannys For Grannys Senior Companion Care “Any symptom in an elderly patient should be considered a drug side effect until proved otherwise.” Brown University Long-term Care Quality Letter, 1995. Modern medicines have contributed to longer life spans, improved health and better quality of life. Medications are the most common […]

Nannys for Grannys Senior Companion Care Serving our Seniors with Qualified Certified Caregivers From Montauk to Manhatten and all of Long Island and throughout NewYork and the Five Boroughs Ten Tips for Communicating with a Person with Dementia We aren’t born knowing how to communicate with a person with dementia—but we can learn. Improving your […]

What to look for? Incontinence | Common Signs Wets the bed at night Has difficulty finding the bathroom. Cannot get to the bathroom on time Mistakes other objects for toilets (e.g. wastebaskets) Forgets where the bathroom is Loses control of their bladder Loses control of their bowels Incontinence | General Description As Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s […]